Over the last few months, we took the site down to the studs and built it back up, preserving the original details that make Brownstoner unique. We’ve incorporated all your must-haves and then some. In fact, you could say we’ve opened up the space to bring in more light.

This three-family brick Italianate at 173 Bergen Street has a surfeit of charming details and isn’t over-renovated. It’s in the Boerum Hill Landmark District, and the picture-perfect exterior includes the original arched double front door and stone-paved front yard.

For those following the Gregorian calendar, and that’s most of us, that magic moment when the old year ends in the last seconds of 11:59 on December 31, and the new begins at midnight on January 1, is celebrated with music, fireworks, noise makers, parties and a kiss.

This classic 1850s brick row house — one of five identical structures on a North Heights block — was quite a gem even before its extensive renovation.

In the hands of the same family for 70 years, until it was bought by a couple of British ex-pats in the art business, it had suffered decades of benign neglect.

Beyond that, “it hadn’t been touched, it hadn’t been chopped up, and the details, although needing a lot of work, were somewhat intact,” said Brooklyn Heights–based architect Lorraine Bonaventura, who was hired to make the house sparkle again.

Not sure whether you should put in an offer on a brownstone with un-permitted repairs? Don’t know how to explain to your 8-year-old why that couple next door is making those funny noises?

Chances are someone else in Brooklyn or beyond has been in a similar situation, and that’s what the Brownstoner Forum is here for. Every day our readers are answering one another’s questions. Read on for the issues that got the most attention in 2015.